West Side Story: A New Time For Us by Elysa Gardner

★★★★ Ivo van Hove shoots sparks into space with a fresh take on a musical masterwork The post West Side Story: A New Time For Us appeared first on New York Stage Revi…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:45pm on February 20, 2020☆⚑

Mack & Mabel: A Musical Heartbreaker in More Ways Than One by Michael Sommers

★★★★ Jerry Herman's musical about Hollywood legends is an imperfect charmer The post Mack & Mabel: A Musical Heartbreaker in More Ways Than One appeared first on …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 6:05pm on February 20, 2020☆⚑

Mack & Mabel: This One's for Jerry by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Brushed off and spiffed up, the cult favorite 1974 musical finally gets the Encores! treatment The post Mack & Mabel: This One's for Jerry appeared first on …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 2:20pm on February 20, 2020☆⚑

Blues for an Alabama Sky: 1930s Harlem Dreaming by David Finkle

★★★★ Pearl Cleage looks at five figures running for their natural lives The post Blues for an Alabama Sky: 1930s Harlem Dreaming appeared first on New York Stage Revi…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:01pm on February 19, 2020☆⚑

Blues for an Alabama Sky: A Hard-Boiled Canary Desires a Better Roost by Michael Sommers

★★★ Pearl Cleage's 1995 drama about 1930 Harlem life receives its overdue New York premiere The post Blues for an Alabama Sky: A Hard-Boiled Canary Desires a Better Roost a…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:00pm on February 19, 2020☆⚑

Anatomy of a Suicide: Three Generations, Weighing on Each Other by Jesse Oxfeld

★★ An award-winning play about women, trauma, and legacy, collapsing in on itself The post Anatomy of a Suicide: Three Generations, Weighing on Each Other appeared first on New Y…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:46pm on February 18, 2020☆⚑

Anatomy of a Suicide: Mothers and Daughters, in Agonizing Triplicate by Elysa Gardner

★★★ Playwright Alice Birch looks at one of our closest, most fraught relationships, with a cast led by a haunting Carla Gugino The post Anatomy of a Suicide: Mothers and Da…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:45pm on February 18, 2020☆⚑

Dracula/Frankenstein: Stoker, Shelley Classics on Lowered Stakes by David Finkle

★★ Adaptations by Kate Hamill and Tristan Bernays are playing in rep, directed by Sarna Lapine and Timothy Douglas The post Dracula/Frankenstein: Stoker, Shelley Classics on Lowe…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:00pm on February 17, 2020☆⚑

Dracula/Frankenstein: Smart New Stagings of Gothic Literature by Michael Sommers

★★★★ Classic Stage delivers very different but very smart new versions of the classic horror stories, in rep The post Dracula/Frankenstein: Smart New Stagings of Goth…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:59pm on February 17, 2020☆⚑

The Sabbath Girl: A Cute but Clichéd Cross-Cultural Rom-Com by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★ Cary Gitter's comedy centers on an Italian-American woman and an Orthodox Jewish knish maker in New York City The post The Sabbath Girl: A Cute but Clichéd Cross-Cultu…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:00pm on February 16, 2020☆⚑

The Sabbath Girl: Bagels and Knishes, With Spicy Mustard by Steven Suskin

★★ Orthodox Boy meets Italian girl, loses girl, gets girl… The post The Sabbath Girl: Bagels and Knishes, With Spicy Mustard appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 6:59pm on February 16, 2020☆⚑

The Commons: Hell Is Other People by Elysa Gardner

★★ In Lily Akerman's new play, three's a crowd and four is insufferable The post The Commons: Hell Is Other People appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:31pm on February 12, 2020☆⚑

Riddle of the Trilobites: An Earnest New Musical Packs Multiple Messages by Michael Sommers

★★★ Prehistoric characters deal with global warming and learn that change is their friend The post Riddle of the Trilobites: An Earnest New Musical Packs Multiple Messages …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 1:24pm on February 12, 2020☆⚑

Chekhov/Tolstoy Love Stories: From Russia with Languor by Elysa Gardner

★★ From Mint Theater, a strangely soporific pairing of plays based on stories by creative giants The post Chekhov/Tolstoy Love Stories: From Russia with Languor appeared first o…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00pm on February 11, 2020☆⚑

Chekhov/Tolstoy Love Stories: Russian Masters Sparsely Served by David Finkle

★★ Chekhov's "An Artist's Story" and Tolstoy's "Michael," adapted by Miles Malleson The post Chekhov/Tolstoy Love Stories: Russian Masters Sparsely Served appeared first on New Y…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:59pm on February 11, 2020☆⚑

Where We Stand: Donnetta Lavinia Grays' Elusive Town Meeting by David Finkle

★★ Audience participation with a perhaps misguided purpose, directed by Tamilla Woodard The post Where We Stand: Donnetta Lavinia Grays' Elusive Town Meeting appeared first on Ne…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:57pm on February 11, 2020☆⚑

Hamlet: The Star's the Thing by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★ Oscar nominee Ruth Negga makes a stellar New York stage debut in a somewhat tedious staging of Shakespeare's soliloquy-heavy tragedy The post Hamlet: The Star's the Thi…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:01pm on February 10, 2020☆⚑

Hamlet: Ruth Negga To Be or Not To Be in Title Role? by David Finkle

★★★ Yaël Farber's handsome Gate Theatre production boasts pluses and minuses The post Hamlet: Ruth Negga To Be or Not To Be in Title Role? appeared first on New York Sta…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00pm on February 10, 2020☆⚑

Darling Grenadine: Quirkily Charming New York Love Story, with Tunes by Steven Suskin

★★★★ Songwriter Daniel Zaitchik scores big with this endearing, small-scale musical comedy The post Darling Grenadine: Quirkily Charming New York Love Story, with Tun…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:50pm on February 10, 2020☆⚑

House Plant: Humans Seeking Nourishment and Connection by Elysa Gardner

★★★ Sarah Einspanier's new play follows young searchers in the digital age The post House Plant: Humans Seeking Nourishment and Connection appeared first on New York Stage …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:01pm on February 7, 2020☆⚑

House Plant: Wilts Quickly Before Your Aching Eyes and Ears by David Finkle

★★ Sarah Einspanier's elusive play with three (over)actors and a fourth on violin The post House Plant: Wilts Quickly Before Your Aching Eyes and Ears appeared first on New York …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:00pm on February 7, 2020☆⚑

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice: They're All Talk and No Action by Michael Sommers

★ A dull new musical regards a not-so-fab foursome of the Swinging '60s The post Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice: They're All Talk and No Action appeared first on New York Stage …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:31pm on February 4, 2020☆⚑

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice: Mazursky's Movie Musically Mangled by David Finkle

★ Creators Jonathan Marc Sherman, Duncan Sheik, and Amanda Green do no one any adapting favors The post Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice: Mazursky's Movie Musically Mangled appear…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:30pm on February 4, 2020☆⚑

Jerry Herman, A Memorial Celebration: A Grand Afternoon for Singing by Steven Suskin

A flavorfully joyful, star-packed salute to the composer of Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and myriad favorite showtunes The post Jerry Herman, A Memorial Celebration: A Grand Afternoon for Singing ap…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:53pm on February 3, 2020☆⚑

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake: Masterpiece Returns Triumphantly by David Finkle

★★★★★ A male swan king and male companions turn Ivanov/Petipa into masculine pride The post Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake: Masterpiece Returns Triumphantly appeare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 5:46pm on February 3, 2020☆⚑